E-scooter battery sparked New Farm blaze,two people remain critical
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E-scooter battery sparked New Farm blaze,two people remain critical

Fire investigators have confirmed an e-scooter caused the New Farm unit fire on Saturday that has left a man and a woman in a critical condition.

  • byCloe Read andCourtney Kruk

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Denmark’s Notre-Dame moment:Fire engulfs Old Stock Exchange filled with priceless art
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Denmark’s Notre-Dame moment:Fire engulfs Old Stock Exchange filled with priceless art

Passers-by rushed to save priceless paintings and valuables when a fire broke out in one of Copenhagen’s most famous buildings.

  • byJan Olsen
Could planned burns be making our forests more flammable?

Could planned burns be making our forests more flammable?

Hazard-reduction burns are designed to clear undergrowth and reduce the risk of large-scale bushfires. But the science is far from settled.

  • byBianca Hall
Hack attack sparked months of delays for firefighters

Hack attack sparked months of delays for firefighters

A 2022 cyberattack that hobbled the fire service’s dispatch system delayed crews rushing to burning buildings and forced them to use a manual back-up scheme for eight months.

  • byRachel Eddie
Man found dead in Alkimos house fire

Man found dead in Alkimos house fire

Emergency crews rushed to a fire in Alkimos around 10.35pm on Monday,with firefighters extinguishing the blaze.

  • byHeather McNeill
Couple rushed to hospital after barbecue catches alight at Adelaide Bunnings
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Couple rushed to hospital after barbecue catches alight at Adelaide Bunnings

A couple has been rushed to hospital with burns after a barbecue catches fire at a Bunnings sausage sizzle in Adelaide.

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Woman admits smoke alarm failure after fatal house fire on Russell Island

Woman admits smoke alarm failure after fatal house fire on Russell Island

A NSW woman has been fined for failing to install legally required and compliant smoke alarms after a fire killed a father and five children at a Queensland property.

  • byCheryl Goodenough
Three homes lost as fire tears through bushland in WA’s south
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Three homes lost as fire tears through bushland in WA’s south

Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Darren Klemm said it was a testament to firefighters’ efforts that no lives were lost.

  • byDaile Cross andHeather McNeill
Exclusion zone around large fire in Brisbane lifted

Exclusion zone around large fire in Brisbane lifted

A large blaze in Brisbane’s south-east prompted police to impose a broad exclusion zone,which has since been revoked.

Bedfordale bushfire being treated as suspicious
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Bushfires

Bedfordale bushfire being treated as suspicious

An watch and act has now replaced an emergency warning that saw residents evacuate their homes in the suburbs of Bedfordale and Ashendon near Armadale.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Marked underworld figure targeted in fire that destroyed innocent family business

Marked underworld figure targeted in fire that destroyed innocent family business

A milk bar linked to Sam Abdulrahim was torched in Sunshine West on Tuesday,the latest in a string of attacks related to the underworld figure as part of the illicit tobacco war.

  • byLachlan Abbott andChris Vedelago